Super Nintendo 50 60 Hz Switchless Mod Led Mod Repair Guide

Difficulty

Very difficult

Steps

Time Required

                          1 - 2 hours

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Motherboard
5 steps
Super Nintendo 50/60 Hz Switchless Mod + LED Mod
14 steps

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Introduction

btw. This mod doesn’t work on 1 Chip SNES or SNES Mini.

What you need

Step 1

              Motherboard

Remove the two Phillips two 11.6mm screws that connect the front shield to the motherboard.

Remove the two Phillips two 11.6mm screws that connect the front shield to the motherboard.

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Step 2

Lift the front shield straight up to remove it from the motherboard.

Lift the front shield straight up to remove it from the motherboard.

Step 3

Remove the two silver 15.6 mm Phillips #2 screws on either side of the 62 pin connector.

Remove the two silver 15.6 mm Phillips #2 screws on either side of the 62 pin connector.

Step 4

Remove the 11.8 mm Phillips #2 screw near the rear of the SNES.

Remove the 11.8 mm Phillips #2 screw near the rear of the SNES.

Step 5

Lift the motherboard straight up to remove it.

Lift the motherboard straight up to remove it.

Step 6

              The Two Chips

The Two Chips that you need on your Super Nintendo
This mod only works on original Super Nintendo with 2 Chips, this mod doesn’t work on the 1 Chip Snes.

The Two Chips that you need on your Super Nintendo

This mod only works on original Super Nintendo with 2 Chips, this mod doesn’t work on the 1 Chip Snes.

Step 7

              The Lockout Chip

Remove the Lock Out chip (use the solder gun)
After removing the lock out chip there will probably be leftover of solder where the chip used to be so try to remove the soldier as good as you can
To remove the solder leftover, you can use the soldering iron and solder wick.

Remove the Lock Out chip (use the solder gun)

After removing the lock out chip there will probably be leftover of solder where the chip used to be so try to remove the soldier as good as you can

To remove the solder leftover, you can use the soldering iron and solder wick.

Step 8

              PPU 2

Lift up the PPU2 Pin 30 from the Motherboard

Lift up the PPU2 Pin 30 from the Motherboard

Step 9

              PPU 1

Now lift up Pin 24 on PPU 1

Now lift up Pin 24 on PPU 1

Step 10

              Wire Time

Wire the lifted pins (PPU 2 Pin 30 & PPU1 Pin 24) together
You need to use a Soldering Iron to wire the pins together
You can also use tape to hold the wires down to the motherboard

Wire the lifted pins (PPU 2 Pin 30 & PPU1 Pin 24) together

You need to use a Soldering Iron to wire the pins together

You can also use tape to hold the wires down to the motherboard

Step 11

              Program

Now you have to put the PIC16F630 Chip into the programmer and Flash the chip with the Super CIC File.
File can be downloaded here: http://sd2snes.de/files/supercic.zip

Now you have to put the PIC16F630 Chip into the programmer and Flash the chip with the Super CIC File.

File can be downloaded here: http://sd2snes.de/files/supercic.zip

Step 12

              The Pins

Bend the pins outwards
Then clip the pins
Use double sided tape and put it on top of the CPU and put the Super CIC on top of the double sided tape.

Bend the pins outwards

Then clip the pins

Use double sided tape and put it on top of the CPU and put the Super CIC on top of the double sided tape.

Step 13

              The Wires

Pic 1: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 12 to PPU1 Pin 24
Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 14 to SWRAM Pin 64
Pic 3: Solder the 10k Ohm Resistor to the pin 8 (where the old CIC used to be) and to SWRAM Pin 33

Pic 1: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 12 to PPU1 Pin 24

Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 14 to SWRAM Pin 64

Pic 3: Solder the 10k Ohm Resistor to the pin 8 (where the old CIC used to be) and to SWRAM Pin 33

Step 14

              The Wires Part 2

Pic 1: Solder a Wire from Super CIC Pin 1 to 4 on the same chip.
Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 1 to the CPU Pin 1
Pic 3: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 13 to the End Point of the Resistor

Pic 1: Solder a Wire from Super CIC Pin 1 to 4 on the same chip.

Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 1 to the CPU Pin 1

Pic 3: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 13 to the End Point of the Resistor

Step 15

              The Wires Part 3

Pic 1: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 2 to S-CLK Pin 6
Pic 2: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 11 to Old CIC Pin 10
Pic 3: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 10 to Old CIC Pin 1

Pic 1: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 2 to S-CLK Pin 6

Pic 2: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 11 to Old CIC Pin 10

Pic 3: Sother a wire from Super CIC Pin 10 to Old CIC Pin 1

Step 16

              The Wires Part 4

Pic 1: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 9 to Old CIC Pin 2
Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 8 to Old CIC Pin 11
Pic 3: You’ve soldered most of the wires now, lets go to the LED Mod

Pic 1: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 9 to Old CIC Pin 2

Pic 2: Solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 8 to Old CIC Pin 11

Pic 3: You’ve soldered most of the wires now, lets go to the LED Mod

Step 17

              The LED Mod

Plug out the controller ports and solder out the LED Light.
When the solder points have been desoldered, you can use the tweezers to pull out the led light
Sother on the new LED Light with the middle pin on the left solder hole
Do Not sother the middle pin on the LED Light to the right solder hole as it will then be stuck in only one color!

Plug out the controller ports and solder out the LED Light.

When the solder points have been desoldered, you can use the tweezers to pull out the led light

Sother on the new LED Light with the middle pin on the left solder hole

Do Not sother the middle pin on the LED Light to the right solder hole as it will then be stuck in only one color!

Step 18

              Led Resistors

Solder 2 wires on the left and right pins on the led light, green wire on the left pin and red wire on the right pin.
After that you should put the wires into one heat shrink tube each, remember to heat the heat shrink tubes when its over the pins.
Then you have to solder the 2k Resistor to the red wire and the 220 ohm Resistor to the green wire.
Then the last thing you need to do is to solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 7 to Pin 14.

Solder 2 wires on the left and right pins on the led light, green wire on the left pin and red wire on the right pin.

After that you should put the wires into one heat shrink tube each, remember to heat the heat shrink tubes when its over the pins.

Then you have to solder the 2k Resistor to the red wire and the 220 ohm Resistor to the green wire.

Then the last thing you need to do is to solder a wire from Super CIC Pin 7 to Pin 14.

Step 19

              The End

You’re Now Done! You just need to put your Super Nintendo back together and then you have a Region Free Switchless Super Nintendo!
Green Light (PAL)
Red Light (NTSC) [For American and Japanese Games]
Orange Light (Auto)

You’re Now Done! You just need to put your Super Nintendo back together and then you have a Region Free Switchless Super Nintendo!

Green Light (PAL)

Red Light (NTSC) [For American and Japanese Games]

Orange Light (Auto)

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

These screenshots have been taken by 2 videoes, one from Global Garage and Chips y Bits on YouTube! I made this guide since its a little easier to read a guide with pictures like this instead of watching a 30 min video

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dragonero - Jun 6, 2019

Lo hice tal y como dice el tutorial y la snes se quedó con la pantalla negra.

Brandon Vanoni - Mar 9, 2022

Is there some way to get a chip that is already programmed? I don’t have a plan on doing this a lot and the $100 is a bit much at the moment.

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What you need